Smoochum is a small Pokémon that resembles a baby girl. It has a large head with blonde hair, purple colored skin, large eyes and a pair of large lips. It has a light colored chest, arms and feet and a purple colored abdomen, give it the appearance of wearing pants.
Gender differences
Smoochum is an all-female species with no male counterpart.
Special abilities
Behavior
A Smoochum will use her lips to examine something that she sees for the first time. When walking, a Smoochum rocks her head back and forth. Despite being a Baby Pokémon, Smoochum are very conscious about their appearance. When given the chance, a Smoochum will look at her reflection to make sure it isn't dirty.
In The Screen Actor's Guilt, action-movie actor Brad had a Smoochum. Brad's agent is afraid that Brad would have his image as an action star ruined if they found out that he owned a Smoochum.
A Smoochum also was used by an unnamed female trainer in One Trick Phony! nicknamed Josephine who battled Pikachu.
Another Smoochum was in Three Jynx and a Baby. She got herself separated from a trio of Jynx sisters and stumbled upon Team Rocket. Jessie had plans on using Smoochum's cuteness for profit, but her plans were foiled by the three Jynx Sisters and Ash and friends.
Crystal has a Smoochum as part of her capture team, using its Mean Look to trap targets for capture. It took a break when Crystal let Chikorita join the team.
Smoochum actively runs about, but also falls quite often. Whenever the chance arrives, it will look for its reflection to make sure its face hasn't become dirty.
Smoochum actively runs about, but also falls quite often. Whenever the chance arrives, it will look for its reflection to make sure its face hasn't become dirty.
It actively runs about, but also falls often. Whenever it falls, it will check its reflection on a lake's surface to make sure its face hasn't become dirty.
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The colors used in Smoochum's Generation IITemplate:Shiny2 sprite are the colors used in the normal-colored sprites afterwards, similar to Elekid.
Smoochum's official artwork shows it having a purple head and lower chest, however the anime and its game sprites show them as being pink.
Smoochum and its evolution, Jynx, are the only Pokémon that can learn Avalanche by leveling up.
Origin
Smoochum may be based on ガン黒 ganguro, blonde-haired, tanned Japanese girls, but is meant to resemble an otherwise normal human child. It should be also noted that Yuki Onna, a possible origin for Jynx, is sometimes shown as holding a seemingly human child.
Name origin
Smoochum's name is based on smooch, or kiss. It may also be a pun on smooch 'em. Its Japanese name is based on 夢中 muchū, daze or trance, and ちゅう chu, the sound of a kiss.
Its German name, Kussilla, comes from Kuss. Its French name, Lippouti, is a combination of the English word lip and poutou. Its Korean name, 뽀뽀라 Ppoppora includes Ppoppo, which is a small peck or kiss.
This Pokémon article is part of Project Pokédex, a Bulbapedia project that aims to write comprehensive articles on each Pokémon species, as well as Pokémon groups and forms.
For other sprites and images, please see Smoochum images on Bulbagarden Archives.
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